Sentence examples for back talk from inspiring English sources

Nasty back talk with teachers.

No whining, no excuses, no back talk.

Commissioner Timoney beamed at the back talk.

He appreciates back talk and expects to be entertained.

The brutal repercussions of this back talk receive scant attention.

They gave him three more scallops, and no back talk.

How do you discipline your children when they back-talk or ignore you?

They back-talk to their parents and really aren't bad kids, they just kind of like never had any discipline — boys, especially.

These two comedy hombres have come a long way down since Swingers and Made, and Vaughn especially has none of the entertaining back-talk that made his name.

If you back-talk a boss, you might get fired for "insubordination".

"There's always controversy – confrontation – back-talk," he says.